Stargazers may also want to check out our guides to the top telescope and binocular deals available in 2025.
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Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Upon arrival at Santa Cruz Island, the guides provide all that’s needed to explore sea caves by kayak, plus the extraordinary opportunity to snorkel through the giant kelp forests.
That means a boutique city stay may come with contemporary interiors and high-tech features, while a basecamp for outdoor adventure offers guests local guidebooks and trail snacks.
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Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
Before each hike, my dad reads guidebooks and puts together this historical research.
Outdated sets of children’s encyclopedias that speak in the Voice of Empire.
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Teddy Wayne
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Over the years, the team at Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, has seen all types of books come through its doors ahead of the sale — children's books, novels, encyclopedias, self-help books and more.
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Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
For the first time in 20 years, the company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries, is releasing a brand new edition of its iconic Collegiate Dictionary.
Dave had shelves full of books and an array of wonderful and surprising musical references.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
These references are likely due to the intersection of American identification with Roman republicanism, which the play dramatizes, and the long history of American interest in Shakespeare specifically.
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